Rotating bracket for the suspension of electric wires.



PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907. G. E. BUCKBEE. ROTATING- BRACKET FOR THE SUSPENSION 0P ELECTRIC -WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. 1907.

CHARLES BUCKBEE, or i LUSHING, MICHIGAN.

ROTATING BRACKET FOR THE SUSPENSION OF ELECTRIC WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed March 2. 1907. Serial No. 360332- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. BUoKBEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flushing, in the county of Genesee and State othfichigan, have invented a new and useful Mechanical Device for Supporting Wires Used for Conducting Electricity.

My invention relates to a rotating bracket for the support or suspension of wires usedto conduct electrical currents where it is necessary to have the wire supported or suspended from a movable object as the swaying branch of a'trce etc.

The design of my invention is first, to prevent the erosion of the insular covering of the wire thereby preventing loss of current, second by preserving the position of the wire to prevent contact with surrounding objects, as encroaching tree limbs ,or other objects, 'whii'xh contact would result in the grounding of the current, and third to protect the supporting tree or other objects from the destructivo influence of the electric current, I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a comprehensive view. v

A, represents a descending perpendicular, circular rod, B an arm extending at a right angle from the rod A C, an ascending perpendicular red at a right angle to the distal end of rod B, D, a perforated wooden pin threaded to permit the screwing on of an ordinary glass insulator or any other means of insulating which slips over the tern'iinal rod (1, and rests upon the washer E, E is a washer surmounting the pin D, and held in place by slightly heading the terminal end of rod (J,

G & G refer to two staples driven in to the tree limbs or other object, to hold the supporting rod A, in place but not with sullicicnt firmness to prevent the red A, from free rotation within the loops of the staples GG, H, is a third staple or other like metallic device forth.

driven just above the angle formed by rods A & 'B, to prevent the displacement ofthe supporting rod A.

The principle upon which the device is based'is the rotation of the supporting red- A, within the loops or eyes of the staples G. G. and the rotation of the red C, Within the pin D, to which the insulator holding the wire is attached thus allowing the horizontal arm B, to swing in unison with the tree limb or other object and in this manner preserving the permanent position of the wire conducting the current and preventing its contact with other objects. Y

The descending or supporting rod A, the horizontal arm B, and the ascending red C, are formed by the bending of a straight rod of iron or other material of desired sizeand length in such a manner as to form two opposed angles thus leaving a connecting arm etween them, the attachment of the pin for holding the insulator is clearly described below. i

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

An. oscillating insulator support comprising an arm, a base to which said arm is pivoted, a second arm. extending from one end of said first mentioned arm at an angle thereto and provided on its opposite extremity with a member extending at an angle to said secondarm and. forming a pivot, an insulator pin rotatable upon said pivot, means for retaining said insulator pin? in position and means for preventing the removal of the first mentioned arm from its pivotal 00121180" tiomwith said have, said arms and )ivot being integral, throughout substantiaily as set CHARLES E. BUCKBEE. Witnesses:

UiIAaLics S. WHEELER,

J army B. GrBnoNs. 

